Shaving brush



.I. 0. PAGE.

SHAVING Balls.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1921.

1 ,406,483, Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

INVENTOR. Jaw/v CI A 4 GE.

' TTORNEYS.

20 of my shaving brush,

7 voir (2) is ball-shaped and 40 means of the collar on which a conductor (11) shown in the drawing. The

D STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

JOHN cnannncnrnen, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

snnvrlve BRUSH.

To all to ham it may concern Be it known that I, J OHN CLARENCE PAGE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of San Francisco, county of San Francisco,

and State of California, have invented a new and useful Shaving Brush, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in shaving brushes and its object is to provide a self-feeding and self-heating shaving brush that is convenient to handle, ready for use almost instantaneously after turning on the heater, can be regulated as to the amount of soap to be fed into the brush and can be conveniently carried along in a suit case.

A preferred embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation parts being shown in section, Figure 2 a side elevation, partly shown in section, of the handle of my shaving brush, Figure 3 a side elevation, partly shown in section, of the brush and its connection to the ball holding the same, Figure 4 a detail plan view of a collar carrying a support for the shaving brush, and Figure 5 a lan view of the back of the brush proper.

eferring tothe drawings in detail, it

will be seen that my shaving brush (1) consists of three principal parts, a reservoir (2), a handle (3), and a brush (4). The reserhollow and intended to be filled with liquid soap. It is 85 provided with a cylindrical recess (6) which extends almost through the whole ball but not sufficiently far to prevent circulation of the liquid soap. Into this recess fits the heater (7) secured to the handle (3) by The heater consists of a cylindrical body of porcelain (9) is wound, as wire strands (12) and (14) connecting with the conductor (11) leave the brush through the passage (16) in the handle, a sleeve (17) holding the two strands together. The inside of the cylindrical heater is filled with asbestos, as shown at 18, and another layer of asbestos is preferably placed around the heater before it is inserted into the recess. The collar (8) has a reduced portion (19) which fits into the recess (6) so as to hold heater and handle in place, and is also pro- Specificaticn of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 14, 1922, Application filed June 16,

1921. Serial No. 477,958.

vided with a support (21) which allows the brush to be laid aside at any time and to then rest on this support and a central portion of the ball, which is for this purpose provided with a rubber band (22) adapted to prevent any scratching of the shaving brush 011 polished surfaces and any heating of the same. The handle (3) is screwed into this collar, as shown at 23.

The brush (4), shown in detail in Figures 3 and 5, consists of the bristles (24) and the bristle holder (26), which latter is threaded externally and adapted to be screwed into an internally threaded projection (27) of the soap reservoir. Particular attention is called to the fact that my brush emanates from the ball-shaped soap reservoir at an angle to the handle, which makes my brush particularly easy to handle. The brush has a back (28) which has a small central perforation (29) leading into a passage (31), which latter extends into the brush through some distance. This perforation allows the liquid soap to enter into the passage and into the brush 1) and the amount thus admitted to the brush can be regulated by a small spring controlled latch (32) which is pivotally secured to the back at (33) and may be swung on said pivot to partly or totally cover the perforation in the back of the brush. For the brush I provide a special container (34) which is cylindrical in form and has a reduced threaded portion (36) at one end adapted to fit into the projection (27) of the soap reservoir and a threaded portion at the other end adapted to receive the cap (37 The end (36) of the container is closed so that it forms a water-tight closure for the soap container.

It will be seen from this description that the use of my brush is extremely simple and convenient. The reservoir may be filled with liquid soap and then does not need any attention for a long time. The brush container (34) serves at the same time as a cap for the reservoir, and the opening into which the brush is screwed is used to fill the reservoir. If it is desired to take a shave the operator need only turn on the current, insert his shaving brush, and his liquid soap will be hot in about half a minute. Shaking the fluid towards the brush will force a desired amount of the same into the brush and the same may be vapplied directly to the face. The steam created by the heat will assist in keeping the passage clean and in forcing the liquid soap through the same.

I claim: 7 V

A shaving brush of the character described, coinprising a fluid soap reservoir, an electric heater inserted therein for bringing the fluid soap to a desired temperature, a

' handle, a: brush'connected'. with the reservoir having an internal passage leading from 10 operating with the same to prevent the 15 scratching and heating of polished surfaces.

JOHN CLARENCE PAGE. 

